Sentences with phrase «advanced brain imaging»

Usually basic blood work is done to rule out metabolic causes of seizures but more sophisticated and expensive testing (such as advanced brain imaging) is forgone as the presentation is fairly classic.

Sleep research has come a long way in the last decade with advanced brain imaging technology that's become available to sleep researchers.

Investigators will use the advanced brain imaging technology at the Rocco Ortenzio Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation to examine the neurofunctional changes underlying potential improvement with the mSMT.

By using highly advanced brain imaging technology to observe modern humans crafting ancient tools, an Indiana University neuroarchaeologist has found evidence that human - like ways of thinking may have emerged as early as 1.8 million years ago.

Those studies suggested that the advanced brain imaging could identify which patients could benefit from restoring blood flow in an extended treatment window.

To view which brain regions were activated in these individuals, an advanced brain imaging technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used.

An assistant professor in the School of Psychology uses the functional MRI scanner at the Georgia State / Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging to measure activity from thousands of neurons in the brain at the same time while subjects try to retrieve episodic memories.

Professor Jianfeng Feng commented that new technology has made it possible to conduct this trail - blazing study: «human intelligence is a widely and hotly debated topic and only recently have advanced brain imaging techniques, such as those used in our current study, given us the opportunity to gain sufficient insights to resolve this and inform developments in artificial intelligence, as well as help establish the basis for understanding and diagnosis of debilitating human mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression.»

Not exact matches

Associated injuries, such as bleeding, brain swelling or skull fractures, are not part of the definition of a concussion and, therefore, require advanced imaging.

In a 2012 study, [8] researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) measured before - and - after data from the brains of a group of nine high school football and hockey players using an advanced form of imaging similar to an MRI called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).

Injuries were once the key to learning how the brain worked, but advanced imaging techniques are now giving us detailed maps of where our skills arise

The brain imaging found that, while none of the participants showed abnormalities on a standard MRI, the more advanced DTI revealed that participants with high blood pressure had damage to:

Whereas analyses of the brain were once limited to autopsy samples at the time of a person's death, advances in an imaging technique known as positron emission tomography (PET) now enable researchers to detect amyloid and tau in the brains of living people.

Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have mobilized advanced imaging and computational methods to comprehensively map — «count» — the total populations of specific types of cells throughout the mouse brain.

Technical advances in brain imaging facilitated the identification of microcolumns.

The technology is advancing to the point in which we can have a much better understanding of how the brain works comprehensively, rather than just focusing on neurons because their electrical signals make them appear brighter when imaging the brain.»

The development of new, advanced imaging techniques holds the promise for elucidating a better understanding of the how the brain works.

«Integrating these molecular imaging tools offers the opportunity to investigate the possible independent and synergistic contribution of these protein pathologies in neurodegeneration in the living brain and, therefore, greatly advance our understanding of the mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease,» said Drzezga.

But now, thanks to advances in brain imaging techniques and improved understanding of numerical cognition in general, new insights into the disorder have begun to emerge.

To study possible brain injury from heading, the researchers used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), an advanced MRI - based imaging technique, on 37 amateur adult soccer players (median age 31 years) who had all played the sport since childhood.

Advances in pharmacology and in brain imaging suggest that severe obsessions and compulsions are biologically rooted.

They employed an advanced microscopic technique called in vivo two - photon imaging that allows the analysis of structures as small as a thousandth of a millimetre in the living brain.

Advances in brain imaging techniques mean we are now able to pinpoint the precise brain regions involved in the near - miss effect and identify how they interact with people's vulnerability to problem gambling.»

Nectow and his colleagues zeroed in on the dorsal raphe nucleus, or DRN, when whole - brain imaging made with iDISCO, an advanced technique developed at Rockefeller, revealed that this part of the brain becomes activated in hungry mice.

Researchers at the Lifelong Brain and Cognition Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois have utilized the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities available in Beckman's Biomedical Imaging Center to measure the moment - to - moment variability in brain activity, more specifically in the blood oxygenation level - dependent (BOLD) siBrain and Cognition Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois have utilized the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities available in Beckman's Biomedical Imaging Center to measure the moment - to - moment variability in brain activity, more specifically in the blood oxygenation level - dependent (BOLD) imaging (MRI) facilities available in Beckman's Biomedical Imaging Center to measure the moment - to - moment variability in brain activity, more specifically in the blood oxygenation level - dependent (BOLD) Imaging Center to measure the moment - to - moment variability in brain activity, more specifically in the blood oxygenation level - dependent (BOLD) sibrain activity, more specifically in the blood oxygenation level - dependent (BOLD) signal.

They found that injecting into the carotid artery breast cancer cells that express markers allowing them to enter the brain — cells labelled with bioluminescent and fluorescent markers to enable tracking by imaging technologies — resulted in the formation of many metastatic tumors throughout the brain, mimicking what is seen in advanced breast cancer patients.

«Metastatic brain tumors — often from lung, breast or skin cancers — are the most commonly observed tumors within the brain and account for about 30 percent of advanced breast cancer metastases,» says Khalid Shah, MS, PhD, director of the Molecular Neurotherapy and Imaging Laboratory in the MGH Departments of Radiology and Neurology, who led the study.

Thanks to modern advances in brain imaging and the ability to monitor brain activity, researchers now understand more about the sleep - wake cycle, the different stages of sleep, and the different states of consciousness.

Advances in methodology are allowing researchers to integrate mindfulness experiences with brain imaging and neural signal data to form testable hypotheses about the science — and the reported mental health benefits — of the practice.

Dr Colasanti said: «This study, combining two advanced complementary brain imaging methods, suggests that the inflammation of the hippocampus affects the brain function and causes depression.»

Using a combination of magnetic resonance imaging and an advanced segmentation approach, researchers evaluated the differences in the volumes of subfields of the hippocampus, the seahorse - shaped region in the brain's medial temporal lobe.

The researchers used diffusor tensor imaging (DTI), an advanced type of magnetic resonance imaging that measurements of water movement along white matter tracts in the brain.

His research focuses on the use of advanced imaging techniques to understand brain changes in HD.

The new test is being used in research programs at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, which employs advanced diagnostic techniques, including genetics, imaging, behavioral assessments, neurology, and neuropsychology to treat people with age - related brain diseases.

Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior.

Dr. Akassoglou and her team reached this conclusion by using advanced imaging techniques to monitor the disease's progression in the brain and spinal cord of mice modified to mimic the signs of MS. Traditional techniques only show «snapshots» of the disease's pathology.

Our aims are as follows: 1) to determine whether disclosure of elevated brain amyloid will bias ADCS - PACC test results; 2) to determine whether disclosure of elevated brain amyloid will cause psychological distress; and 3) to explore how learning amyloid imaging disclosure will impact preventative health behaviors, advance planning for health (e.g. long - term care insurance decisions) and well - being (e.g. stigma, quality of life and relationships).

Advances in imaging live brains and the identification of additional players in AD pathology contribute to our cache of potential drug targets and therapies.

Featuring lectures by speakers from the University of Minnesota, UNC, Duke, NCSU and Wake Forest University, the symposium is open to the entire scientific community and a broad spectrum of topics will be covered including the Brain Connectome project, the effect of music on brain function, novel MR and OCT imaging techniques for the lungs, and advanced ultrasound methodologies for tissue characterizaBrain Connectome project, the effect of music on brain function, novel MR and OCT imaging techniques for the lungs, and advanced ultrasound methodologies for tissue characterizabrain function, novel MR and OCT imaging techniques for the lungs, and advanced ultrasound methodologies for tissue characterization.

These include brain image and results volumes obtained from the advanced Siemens 3T Connectom imaging system based at MGH as well as data obtained using conventional imaging systems.

Advanced imaging techniques like Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) allow the clinician to «see» the brain andimaging techniques like Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) allow the clinician to «see» the brain andImaging (MRI) allow the clinician to «see» the brain and spine.

MRI is an advanced imaging test that allows our neurologists to look inside the skull and spinal column to see disease processes affecting the brain and spinal cord, in a non-invasive way.

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blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

In particular, Diffuse Tensor Imaging (DTI) is an advanced form of MRI that allows your doctor to clearly see what parts of the brain have been effected.

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